The First-Called Apostle, Who was Saint Andrew?

Welcome to the St. Andrew Parish Website!

The Church exists to worship the Holy Trinity, to preach the Gospel to our community, and to transfigure the lives of her children into the likeness of Jesus Christ. This website is designed to further these goals:

• Connecting friends and members of our parish to the liturgical life of the church,
• Providing directions to our church campus, and,
• Announcing the weekly liturgical cycles as well as providing some basic introduction to our services in words, sounds and pictures.

Additionally, we intend that our site provide links to valuable internet resources in Orthodox theology and practice, as well as make our pastor's homilies and studies accessible in print and podcast.

Thank you for visiting our website.
We would be honored if you would visit St. Andrew Church.
Come worship with us!

• May 1 thru May 9- Fr Josiah Is Out Of Town... Way out of town!
  Fr Josiah says, "I will be traveling, God willing, to the Holy Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England, for my annual pilgrimage there. During this time my email will be turned off. Should there be an
  emergency please contact Deacon Elie Khoury".
  Click here to learn more about the monastery.
• May 10 - The Prosphora-baking Class
  Has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 am. Please respond to Lucy Hanna or to Laura Stoyas if you can attend. We will have a demonstration of how to prepare the Kolyva (memorial wheat) while the bread is rising and baking.
  For recipes, try this website.
• May 17 - International Family Dance Night
  Our parish is planning an International Family Dance Night and dinner. Come learn how to dance Arabic, Greek Eritrean and Irish folk dances and enjoy delicious foods native to these countries.
  Adult Ticket: $10
  Child Ticket: $5
  Under 5: Free
  For more information contact Regina Roum, Leigh Cordery or Lucy Hanna.
  Click here for the flyer.
• Orthodox Christians for Life
  Great news! The proposed Parents' Right to Know law that would make it mandatory for family to be notified if a young woman < 18 requests an abortion collected far more than the required 1.2 million signatures. We will know soon if the proposition will be on the November 2008 ballot.
• June 1 - St. Andrew Blood Drive
  Remember that our next St. Andrew blood drive will be on Sunday, June 1 after liturgy. Mark your calendar so that you can participate in this special almsgiving.

• Camping Trip
  July 14th – 17th. Limited spots, so sign up right away to save your spot.
• Prince Caspian
  Teen SOYO is going May 25th, right after Liturgy to see Prince Caspian at the Hollywood El Capitán Theatre. We have a limited number of seats reserved ($15) and sign ups end next Sunday! Click here for more...
  

• Click here for directions to St. Sophia for the Sunday of Orthodoxy
• Pictures from the ordination of Kevin Meyers
• August 2007 Monthly Newsletter: PDF HTML
• Father Josiah's interview with the Illumined Heart radio program titled "Marriage and Monasticism according to St. John Chrysostom"

"Thou shalt not murder"
Christ cradles in His left hand the soul of an aborted child, while He points with His right to that child's lifeless body.

Click here to read the Service Of Supplication for the Sanctity of Life

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